Senior Workday Techno functional Consultant

Role: Senior Workday Techno functional Consultant

Location: US Remote

Type: Contract

Mandatory Skills: Lead implementation assessment, recovery planning, governance, backlog prioritization and launch readiness. Requires Workday stabilization experience across Financials, Accounting Center, Prism, Payroll, LMS, reporting, integrations and production support.

Job Description:

• Lead end-to-end Workday programs, including implementation, enhancement, stabilization, and transformation initiatives.
• Drive program governance, roadmap planning, milestone tracking, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Manage multi-stream Workday delivery teams consisting of functional and technical resources.
• Define program objectives, success metrics, and business outcomes aligned with client goals.

Implementation & Recovery Management

• Lead implementation assessments, health checks, and recovery planning for challenged Workday programs.
• Develop remediation strategies to address project risks, schedule delays, and quality concerns.
• Drive launch readiness reviews, cutover planning, and post-production stabilization activities.

Technical Oversight

• Govern Workday Integrations using EIB, Core Connectors, Studio, PECI, PICOF, and API frameworks.
• Provide oversight on Workday Security, Reporting, Prism Analytics, and Extend solutions.
• Ensure architecture alignment, scalability, security compliance, and technical best practices.
• Review solution designs and integration strategies across enterprise systems.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary interface between executive leadership, business stakeholders, vendors, and delivery teams.
• Facilitate steering committee meetings and executive governance reviews.
• Communicate program status, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans to senior leadership.

Delivery Excellence

• Establish program governance frameworks and delivery methodologies.
• Drive backlog prioritization, sprint planning, release planning, and demand management activities.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards, SLAs, KPIs, compliance requirements, and audit controls.
• Champion continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field.
• 12+ years of IT experience with 7+ years managing large-scale Workday programs.
• Strong technical expertise across:

• Workday HCM
• Workday Financials
• Workday Integrations (EIB, Studio, Core Connectors)
• Workday Security
• Reporting and Analytics
• Workday Extend
• Prism Analytics

• Experience leading global delivery teams and managing multi-million-dollar programs.
• Strong understanding of Agile, SAFe, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience in implementation recovery, stabilization, governance, and transformation programs.